On December 20, 2019, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued Notice 2019-1, extending the filing deadline for the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts, FinCEN Form 114 (FBAR), for certain...more
On March 4, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) released proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) regarding the deduction for “foreign-derived intangible...more
4/23/2019
/ Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) ,
GILTI tax ,
Income Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Reform
On January 18, 2019, the U.S. Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) released final regulations (the “Final Regulations”) regarding the “passthrough deduction” for qualified trade or...more
3/11/2019
/ Business Ownership ,
Final Rules ,
IRS ,
Pass-Through Entities ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Qualified Business Income ,
S-Corporation ,
Section 199A ,
Sole Proprietorship ,
Specified Service Trade Or Business (SSTB) ,
Tax Deductions ,
UBIA
On December 20, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) released proposed “anti-hybrid” regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) under sections 267A, 245A(e), and...more
1/28/2019
/ Anti-Abuse Rule ,
BEPS ,
Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Dividends ,
Income Taxes ,
IRS ,
Parent Corporation ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Subpart F ,
Tax Reform
On December 13, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) released proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) with respect to the “base erosion and anti-abuse...more
1/2/2019
/ Banks ,
Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax (BEAT) ,
Base Erosion Tax ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Federal Reserve ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Taxpayers ,
Insurance Industry ,
IRS ,
Net Operating Losses ,
Preamble ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
REIT ,
S-Corporation ,
Securities Dealers ,
TLAC ,
U.S. Treasury
On July 15, 2016, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) published proposed regulations that would modify the device and active trade or business requirements for tax-free...more
7/29/2016
/ Active Trade or Business Test ,
Device Test ,
Grandfathering Rules ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Section 355 ,
Shareholders ,
Spinoffs ,
Tax Avoidance ,
Tax-Free Transfers ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Yahoo!
In April, the IRS issued proposed regulations interpreting deemed distributions under Section 305(c). Specifically, the proposed regulations would clarify the amount and timing of deemed distributions that result from an...more
On July 22, 2015, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and U.S. Internal Revenue Service issued proposed Treasury Regulations under Section 707(a)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, addressing management...more
7/27/2015
/ Capital Gains ,
Deferred Compensation ,
Enterprise Risks ,
Fee Waivers ,
Fund Managers ,
Income Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Management Fees ,
Private Investment Funds ,
Proposed Regulation ,
U.S. Treasury
Some taxpayers have taken the position that an acquiring corporation and a target corporation, when the target corporation is joining the acquiring corporation's consolidated corporate group, can choose between taking certain...more